Ng Pei Tong

Director

Head, Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Markets

Pei Tong spent over 8 years at two of the Big Four firms, where he was a director specialising in capital markets and mergers and acquisitions. He had also been part of the formal law alliance partner in Singapore of a leading global law firm.

Pei Tong specialises in corporate finance, corporate and commercial transactions in Singapore and in the region, including listings, equity and debt issues, reverse takeovers, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and private equity and venture capital investments.

Pei Tong’s practice areas include advising companies listed on the Singapore Exchange in relation to their continuing listing obligations and corporate actions such as dual listings, acquisitions and disposals, share schemes and buybacks, interested person transactions, and corporate restructuring exercises. He also regularly advises on employment, data protection and other regulatory compliance matters. A versatile individual, Pei Tong also has extensive experience in both private and public merger and acquisition transactions in Singapore and the region, having acted for bidders, target companies and financial advisers in such transactions.

Before commencing legal practice, Pei Tong read Mathematics under a Public Service Commission scholarship and was a gifted education teacher teaching Mathematics in one of the top girls’ school in Singapore.

Pei Tong is also an avid Table Tennis player and he is currently the Convenor for the sport in the Sports Committee of the Law Society of Singapore.

Pei Tong is effectively bilingual in English and Chinese.

Sample Cases

1. Acted as lead counsel to China Mining International Limited in the S$900 million proposed reverse takeover by a state-owned entity in China in the mining industry, where negotiations were conducted, and many of the transaction documents, were in Chinese.

2. Acted for OUE Limited on the disposal of the office components of OUE Downtown to OUE Commercial REIT for S$908 million

3. Acted for Niks Professional Ltd. on its S$5 million initial public offering and listing

4. Acted as Singapore counsel to TMK Chemical Bhd on its initial public offering and listing on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad, raising gross proceeds of RM385 million

5. Acted for CSE Global Limited on its renounceable non-underwritten rights issue, raising gross proceeds of up to approximately S$33.8 million

6. Acted for Maxi-Cash Financial Services Corporation Ltd. on its acquisition of the local jewellery business from Aspial Corporation Limited for an aggregation consideration of up to S$99.8 million

7. Acted for The Trendlines Group Ltd. on its placement in eight tranches, raising gross proceeds of S$20.3 million

8. Acted for Temasek Holdings in its IT and cloud joint venture with Infosys Limited

9. Acted for Evercore Asia (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., the financial adviser to Hwa Hong Corporation Limited, on the S$261 million voluntary conditional cash offer by Sanjuro United Pte. Ltd. to acquire all the issued and paid-up ordinary shares in Hwa Hong Corporation Limited

10. Acted for VTTSG Holding Pte Ltd on its S$105 million voluntary general offer for and privatisation of Singapore-listed Shinvest Holding Ltd

Publications

• Co-author of chapter “G. Offers of Investments” in Woon’s Corporations Law, an up-to-date, in-depth, section by section commentary of the Companies Act of Singapore

Accolades

• Public Service Commission scholarship

• Melbourne Global Mobility U21 scholarship

• First in the class in the subject of Competition Law

• The Asia Pacific Legal 500
  Capital Markets 2024 – Recommended Lawyer for 2 consecutive years
  ”Another name to note for debt and equity offerings.”

• IFLR 1000: The Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms
  “Deep legal and SGX regulatory knowledge.”

• asialaw Profiles 2024
  “Soft spoken but effective.”
  “Patient and listens well. Forthcoming and on time.”
  “Very responsive and prompt.”
  “Good listening skills and problem-solving.”